Abstract
Low-alloy-steel/buttering (or welding) metal interfaces in safe-end dissimilar metal weld joints (DMWJs) at nuclear power plants are weak parts. To optimize the quality of the safe-end DMWJs used for the construction of domestic nuclear power plants and to improve the welding productivity, a series of DMWJs in full-size have been manufactured by using different gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) methods. The microstructure, chemical composition distribution and local properties across the SA508/52(M) interfaces in these DMWJs are studied. The high heat input and long high temperature duration during hot-wire GTAW process promote the carbon diffusion and grain boundary migration and hence the DMWJ by hot-wire GTAW has the largest amount of type I and type II boundaries and the widest carbon depleted zones and carbon enriched zones, which resulting in the worst performance among the DMWJs in simulated primary water. Type I and type II boundaries are high angle random grain boundaries (RGBs) and Cr-depleted zones are found along type II boundaries resulting in their high susceptibility to SCC. In addition, these boundaries are prone to be cracked during mechanical bending process.
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